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Santa Cruz hates building housing. It's worse than SF in that regard.

Source: Lived here 10 years.

Well, it's all built out and no existing property owner wants to have a 5-story monstrosity go up next door. The city is trying to prioritize condos and ADUs but that's a slow process.

It's not an easy problem to solve.

Yes a five story "monstrosity" that will block out the sun permanently leaving the city in darkness. Geez. The fact that you frame necessary housing that way is the problem.

The "corridors program" is ramming severs 3-4 story high density housing projects along several of the main arterial roads in the city, mostly on the east side.

Those proposing them and voting to support them do not live in the impacted area and throw up their hands when residents complain -- "we need housing".

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